1 Admitted to seat, December 1821.2 Admitted to seat, December 1821.3 Linn was appointed to succeed Alexander Buckner, who died of cholera in 1838.4 Linn died October 3, 1848, and was succeeded by David R. Atchison, who served until 1855.5 Polk was expelled from the Senate on a charge of disloyalty, January 10, 1862.6 Johnson was expelled from the Senate on a charge of disloyalty, January 10, 1862.7 Wilson was appointed by Provisional Governor Hall in the absence of Governor Gamble.8 Henderson was appointed by Provisional Governor Hall in the absence of Governor Gamble.9 Brown was elected for a term ending March 4, 1867.10 Drake resigned in 1871 to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Claims at Washington D.C.11 Jewett was appointed to succeed Charles Drake until the meeting of the Legislature.12 Blair was elected to serve the remainder of Drake’s senate term.13 Bogy died September 20, 1877.14 Armstrong was appointed September 27, 1877, to succeed Bogy until meeting of the Legislature.15 Shields was elected January 21, 1879, to serve the remainder of Bogy’s senate term.16 Stone died April 14, 1918, and was succeeded by Xenophon P. Wilfley, who served until December 5, 1926.17 Spencer was elected November 5, 1918, for a term ending March 4, 1921.18 Spencer died May 16, 1925, and was succeeded by George H. Williams, who served until December 5, 1926.19 Hawes resigned February 3, 1933, and was succeeded by Joel Bennett (Champ) Clark, who was named by Governor Guy B. Clark for the remainder of the term, ending March 4, 1933.20 Patterson’s term expired March 4, 1935.21 Clark was elected November 8, 1932, for a term expiring March 4, 1939.22 Briggs was appointed January 18, 1945, to fill the term of Harry S Truman, who resigned to become Vice President of the United States and succeeded to the Presidency on April 12, 1945, upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.23 Mel Carnahan, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, died in a plane crash October 16, 2000; Missouri statutes required that his name remain on the official ballot for the general election as it was too late to remove it. Carnahan won the seat posthumously on November 7, 200024 Jean Carnahan, widow of Mel Carnahan, was appointed to a two-year term by Governor Roger B. Wilson to fill the vacancy caused by the posthumous election of Mel Carnahan to the U.S. Senate25 Jim Talent was elected in a 2002 special election to finish the term of Mel Carnahan.